Arthur Golden Quotes

You throw a rock in the water, and ripples spread out slowly. But they do go far.

But once you throw a stone, there are ripples in the pond, even if you remove the rock.

Throw a stone into the stream and the ripples that propagate themselves are the beautiful type of all influence.

When you drop any new idea in the pond of the world, you get a ripple effect. You have to be aware that you will be creating a cascade of change.

The Warrior knows about the "waterfall effect".

There's no way to move without making waves.

Your actions is like a raindrop; it falls into the pond making ripples and then its over.

The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example.

I have listened to many tales in my life, and told a few of my own. If this has taught me anything, it is that there are some occurrences that change the course of things, that make an alteration far beyond their own apparent magnitude. It is like the throwing of a tiny pebble into a pool, how it makes an ever-expanding circle of ripples, spreading right across the water's surface.

Everything you do has some effect, some impact.

You throw a stone into a deep pond. Splash. The sound is big, and it reverberates throughout the surrounding area. What comes out of the pond after that? All we can do is stare at the pond, holding our breath.

As the cause is, so the effect will be.

Whenever you take a step forward, you are bound to disturb something.

One thing can make many other things happen.

We're not the cause, we're the effect.

She changes everything she touches. And everything she touches changes.

When I die, it will be a shipwreck, and as when a huge ship sinks, many people all around will be sucked down with it.

I have begun to think of life as a series of ripples widening out from an original center.

Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.

I think most of the best new work is intended to have much more impact at once.

Everything is a reaction.

No action is without its side effects.

The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.

What happened yesterday affects today; what happens today will affect tomorrow/

Each crisis brings its word and deed.